“Potential unexpressed turns to pain.”- Robin Sharma Time moves at warp speed on Twitter. So it’s easy to forget all the valuable nuggets you stumble upon while scrolling through your timeline. For example, I had shared the above quote and a link to its root article almost a year ago on April 11, 2014 and had forgotten all about it until a…

Welcome to #ArchiTalks #6- A compendium of posts penned by practicing architects, Initiated and Curated by Bob Borson, AIA, author of the famed blog Life of an Architect. Mr. Borson has challenged us with a very broad writing prompt this time (which also happens to be the first time I’m joining the coveted #Archi-Talks blogging forum: posts…

May West, Madame Curie, and Coco Channel. What do they have in common? Notoriety: we remember their names and what they did. In contrast, we might struggle to name a single female architect from that time period. Though there are many coffee table books filled with pictures and stories about her projects, ‘Julia Morgan remains a mystery to this day,’ noted one of the Special Collection’s librarians at Berkeley. As a…

What does one do while on a two week road trip in the Ozarks? Aside from relaxing by a lake, touring the beautifully situated Clinton Library, or visiting the faraway Thorncrowne Chapel near the upper NW corner of the state, if you’re a driven architectural fiend like me, you could write a TEDx proposal. That’s…

On reading yet another article about architect Denise Scott Brown , this one on the architecture website www.archdaily.com, I started to write a post to upload in response. My internet connection was slow and there was some lag time for its review and adjudication, so my post did not upload. Just as well, I thought, as I was mostly…

Is Your Home In Need of Restoration? A Simple Checklist to Get Started With Your Home Remodeling or Renovation Project: What is your budget? If you are not sure whether you want to invest money in renovating your home, you can consider these options: Hire an architect to consult with you; for an hourly fee, s/he will come to your…

TO REMODEL, DEMOLISH & REBUILD, OR MOVE?: THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS FACING MANY AMERICANS TODAY! With aging suburbs in America, homeowners are struggling with the dilemma of whether or not to remodel an existing home, sell it (or do both), or to demolish and rebuild. This topic has been aptly addressed in this…

“The only joy in the world is to begin.”- Cesare Pavese On Deciding to Blog I’ve entertained the idea of starting my own official blog for a some time now. I guess you could say it was an unscheduled goal, second only to my desire to write a book. Meanwhile, I’d held off for two reasons, primarily: First, I…

NOTE: I started writing this post late last summer but decided not to share it at that time as “Well done is better than well said.” It has been a particularly crazy busy year for me and yet I love blogging, sharing my stories, and (hopefully) helping others in the process. This unfinished post had…

On the day it happened, I was still sleeping. My husband who, usually gets ready for work quietly, suddenly spoke with subtle, yet alarming concern to inform me that “There’s a fire in NYC and they can’t seem to put it out…” My first thought was to dismiss it. But my husband- who usually doesn’t watch…